Todd v. Helton

495 S.W.2d 213 (1973)

Tom TODD, County Judge, Petitioner,

v.

J. W. HELTON et ux., Respondents.

No. B-3489.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 4, 1973.

Coleman, Whitten & Philips, Michael J. Whitten, Denton, for petitioner.

McDonald, Sanders, Ginsburg, Phillips, Maddox & Mewkirk, Atwood McDonald, Fort Worth, L. A. Nelson, Denton, Llewellyn & Kerr, Ben J. Kerr, III, Dallas, for respondents.

REAVLEY, Justice.

When the county judge orders an election to be held upon the question of the incorporation of a town, and if he does so by determining the requisite number of inhabitants therein on his assumption of…